Carriage-curtain fastening



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G. ROEDBR;

CARRIAGE CURTAIN FASTENING. No. 394,884. I Patented Dec. 18, 1888.

IN V'EJV TOR I Units lrEORGE ROEDER, OF BOONVIIJJE, MISSOURI.

CARRIAGE-CURTAIN FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 394,884, dated December 18, 1888.

Application filed November 16, 1887. $erial No, 255,358. (No model.)

To (0N 113720712 it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE ROEDER, a citizen of the l'nit'ed States, residing at Boonville, in the county of (.ooper and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ("arriage-Curtain Fasteners; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description oftheinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and -use the same.

This invention relates to devices for the attachment of carriage-eurtains to canopy and other top vehicles; and it consists in the peculiar construction, adaptation, and combination of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of my improvements detached from a vehicle-top, showing a portion of a carriagecurtain in position. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the improved molding-strip removed and the curtain detached, and Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken on the lines :0 5c of Fig. 9.

Referring by letter to the said drawings, A indicates a carriage-curtain, which may be of leather, gum, or other suitable material, having a hem, (1, along its upper horizontal edge, as shown. In this hcmis secured a cord, 1), which forms a butt, C. It is obvious that the cord may be secured to the edge of the curtain at the time the welt is formed, or a pocket or receptacle may be formed for the admission of a reed or cord.

I do not wish to be understood as confluing myself to any particular device, material, or construction in this feature of my lilvention, as it is only necessary. that an enlargement, bead, or stop should be formed along one edge of the curtain to be slid between the opposing lips on one edge of the molding-strip, as will be presently described.

I) indicates the molding, which I have shown as being made of a single piece of sheet metal, although it may be made of other suitable material. This molding has an attaching-flange, d, which is t] at and perforated for the reception of screws or the like,whereby the same may be attached to the edges of a top of a carriage, and particularly to canopy-tops.

In making the molding of sheet metal I take astrip of su t'ficient length and width and bend the same upon itself longitudinally, as shown, to form the flattened portion (1, and

two opposing lips, a, on one edge of the flange, the said lips being shaped to receive and hold the bead or enlargement on the curtain. The flange or flattened portion may be pressed or formed into any suitable shape, so as to add to its fanciful appearance, and this attaching portion is provided with holes, whereby it may be secured to the edges of a carriage-top. The holding-lips'are in substantiall y the same plane as the flange or flattened portion (Z, and the device is thus adapted for attachment to a carriage-top Where a thick fastening device could not be secured. receive and hold the curtains, also serves as a neat finish to the edges of the top. It will be seen that by making the devices from sheet metal they may be very cheaply manufactured, and the holding-lips will have sufficient spring to them to always keep clasped upon the curtain.

The bottom edge and vertical edges of the curtains may be attached to a carriage in any suitable mannersuch as by buttoning and the like. hen it is desirable to apply the curtains, it is only necessary to slip them into the opening formed between the two lips of the molding from one end thereof, and they may be quickly removed by slippingthem out from either end.

It is obvious that these molding-strips may be cast or formed of wood without departing from the spirit-of my invention.

Having described this invention, what I claim is- 1. As an improved article of manufacture, a sheet-metal carriage-curtain fastener composed of a flange or flattened portion for attachment to the carriage-top, with one edge formed into two opposing lips in substantially the same plane as the said flange and constructed to grasp the curtain, substantially as specified;

2. A curtain-fastener formed of a strip of This molding, as well as serving to sheet metal bent on itself longitudinally to In testimony whereof I :Lflix my signature in form an attaching-flange, (I, and having one presence of two witnesses.

end 01 nd lhu e to] med nito no oppos n GEORGE RUNNER. hps, (l in substantially the same plane as the said flange, and shaped to grasp and hold the Witnesses: edge of the curtain, suhstnntiz'illy as speci- EDWIN HHACKLEFORZU,

fied. GEO. A. \VMYLANJ). 

